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010 _a 2004030028
020 _a0520233719 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a0520233727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aQK86.U6
_bK78 2006
082 0 0 _a581.68/09794
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100 1 _aKruckeberg, Arthur R.
245 1 0 _aIntroduction to California soils and plants :
_bserpentine, vernal pools, and other geobotanical wonders /
_cArthur R. Kruckeberg.
246 3 0 _aCalifornia soils and plants.
260 _aBerkeley :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c2006.
300 _axii, 280 p. :
_bil., (algunas a col..), mapas ;
_c19 cm.
490 0 _aCalifornia natural history guides ;
_v86
504 _aIncluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 249-258) e índice.
505 0 _aIntroduction : how geology shapes plant life -- The evolution of species with limited ranges -- The taxonomy of restricted plants -- 1. Landforms and plant life -- Mountains, climate, and flora -- The Channel Islands : insularity of landforms and plant life -- The Great Central Valley -- Vernal pools -- Dunes -- Pygmy pine barrens -- Wetlands : creations of landform diversity -- Final thoughts on landforms and plant life -- 2. Plants and their soils -- The study of geoedaphics -- Making soils from rocks -- Soil profiles -- A primer in plant-soil chemistry -- 3. The serpentine story -- What is serpentine? -- Plant tolerance to serpentine -- The serpentine landscape -- Serpentine dwellers -- Serpentine endemics -- Soil wanderers -- 4. Other strange plant-soil relationships -- The limestone problem -- Bristle-cone pine forests -- The snow-wreath discovery -- Other limestone floras -- Plant life on sterile rock and soils -- The Pine Hill flannel bush -- Salty places and their plant life -- Geothermal areas : power or flora? -- Pine islands in a sea of sagebrush -- Normal rocks and soils -- Bogs and fens -- Guano habitats -- 5. Plant distribution over space and time -- The beginnings of plant geography -- The general purpose genotype -- Endemics and the California floristic province -- Indicator species -- 6. Human influences -- From early Spanish mines to the present -- The Gold Rush -- Habitat loss and exotic species -- Habitats meriting protective status -- Epilogue : geology gone wild -- Exploring California's geology and plant life -- Glossary.
650 0 _aRare plants
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aRare plants
_xEcophysiology
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aSoils
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aPlant-soil relationships
_zCalifornia.
650 4 _aPlantas raras
_zCalifornia.
650 4 _aPlantas rara
_xEcofisiología
_zCalifornia.
650 4 _aSuelos
_zCalifornia.
650 4 _aRelación planta-suelo
_zCalifornia.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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